Venue: Teatro di San Carlo, Naples

A trusty and convincing version of the masterpiece, with a cast of well-matched singers.

After a number of eccentric stagings, Mario Pontiggia's traditional production is a hit in Naples. 

A fresh, gleaming production of director Elena Barbalich, with as much vaudeville as possible

Many scenes could risk to be particularly disturbing,  but their overt brutality appeared functional, to the structure of the drama. A dark, gloomy story as unambiguously told as it should be.

David Pountney’s 2014 staging was revived in Naples with good singing and empathetic conducting.

A suggestive staging barely supported by the musical side

Only soprano Eleonora Buratto’s Mimì added real warmth and pathos to Mario Pontiggi's staging. 

A movie-like staging for Puccini's most original opera at the Teatro San Carlo.